HEMANS, Felicia Dorothea

THE POETICAL WORKS

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1852. New edition. Small 8vo, pp. 394. Frontis portrait and another portrait. Brown cloth, blind-stamped, with gilt lettering and decoration. Cover little worn, Item #30287

Hemans (1793-1835) was an English poet, distinguished for her beauty and precocity (she published her first volume at 15). She was a close friend of Sir Walter Scott, and after an unhappy marriage, raised and supported her five sons alone. She died young of a heart condition.

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